Barnaby John Lenon was born on 10 May 1954 and is a British schoolmaster who was headmaster of Harrow School until 2011.
15 Facts About Barnaby Lenon
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Barnaby Lenon is currently professor and dean of education at the University of Buckingham.
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Barnaby Lenon is chairman of the Independent Schools Council and has been a governor of 23 state and independent schools and a board member of Ofqual.
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Barnaby Lenon was a trustee of the New Schools Network and is a trustee of Yellow Submarine.
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Barnaby Lenon then went on to St John's College, Cambridge to train for a career in teaching and won the university prize for education.
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Barnaby Lenon began his career with a year at Sherborne School in Dorset, then moved on to Eton College, an independent school in Berkshire, where he taught for twelve years.
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Barnaby Lenon was in the state sector for a short while at Holland Park School in west London.
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Barnaby Lenon became deputy headmaster of Highgate School and then headmaster of the Trinity School of John Whitgift in Croydon, south London.
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Barnaby Lenon was appointed as headmaster of Harrow in 1999 and during his tenure the school increased in both popularity and academic results.
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Barnaby Lenon was appointed Chairman of the Independent Schools Council in 2011 to oversee lobbying, research, the press and legal advice for the 1250 schools in ISC.
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Barnaby Lenon is often quoted in the media about his views, complaining of what he regards as the 'dumbing down' of educational standards since the demise of O-Levels, and in early 2010 was attacked by the then Schools Minister in the Labour Government, Vernon Coaker.
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Barnaby Lenon has appeared in newspapers and on the television a number of times in the past decade, mostly speaking about educational reforms.
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Barnaby Lenon appeared in the ITV documentary series Harrow: The School on the Hill in May 2001, on BBC 1's Celebrity Masterchef programme in August 2010, and on the BBC 2 documentary programme Britain's Youngest Boarders in September 2010.
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Barnaby Lenon has published a number of successful textbooks for schools including Techniques and Fieldwork in Geography, London, London in the 1990s, The United Kingdom, Fieldwork Techniques and Projects in Geography, Geography Fieldwork and Skills.
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Barnaby Lenon was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to education.